1. a container or vessel in which fermentation takes place
Usage: technical
2. an organism that causes fermentation
Usage: biology

Examples

• The brewery installed a new stainless steel fermentor for beer production.
• Scientists monitored the temperature inside the fermentor carefully.
• The fermentor was cleaned thoroughly between batches.
• Yeast acts as a fermentor in the bread-making process.
• The laboratory fermentor produced ethanol from sugar.
• Industrial fermentors can hold thousands of gallons of liquid.